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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

How Gold Rush Has Been Terrible For The Local Wildlife

 One of the biggest (and perhaps most justifiable) criticisms of Discovery's gold-mining reality series "Gold Rush" concerns the incredible amount of damage that the series does to the environment. According to Earthworks, mining enough gold for a single wedding ring can produce up to 20 tons of waste, and the process of gold mining itself can poison nearby drinking water with mercury and cyanide.

read more... https://www.looper.com/864862/how-gold-rush-has-been-terrible-for-the-local-wildlife/


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